tried a new river with some open water. We were able to go 3/3 on nice thick jacks. Great color on these fish. Really nice afternoon and awesome to be catching these In February🐟
tried a new river with some open water. We were able to go 3/3 on nice thick jacks. Great color on these fish. Really nice afternoon and awesome to be catching these In February[emoji226]
Program remains the same so far for us so this year. All fish on 1/16oz jigs under a float, no maggots yesterday. Dark/natural colors were being favored it seemed until my Dad doubled up yesterday on a pink jig. Not really doing much other then keeping you float mended and upright. We fished from 2-4p, all fish were caught within 30 mins of each other. We have not had any success with spoons or spinners. We both made some casts with a spoon but no bites. I have never been successful casting spoons myself so I have no confidence in it even though I see people post pics of fish they caught on them 🤷♂️
Glad to hook a few yesterday, have had several trips out in crappy fishing conditions with no results. These fish came out of an unstocked tributary and were a welcome treat.
What a beautiful day out today. 40 degrees sure can feel warm at times. Was able to get one nice thick jack that did some entertaining acrobatics. Second one out of a unstocked tributary.
Fished the Rocky river yesterday morning for few hours. Lots of new fish in the river and they’re biting pretty good. I seen several other caught and got these 2 myself. Both mine came on dark colored jigs but heard the eggs sacs are starting to work too. This coming week should be really great so get out there if you can.
Fish very briefly yesterday morning at new hole. My float slowly got dragged under which usually indicates bottom or a snag. As I went to really in this floppy fella with on my jig. First sucker ever caught. Kinda girthy and he fought like a wet rag. Pretty neat, beats getting skunked.
Fished after work from 6-11pm. Hand tied jigs in dark colors worked then switched to glow jigs after 8pm. Was fast and furious till I left. It was really hard to leave biting fish. Lost count of how many I hooked and landed. 5am came way too fast and I'm struggling at work this morning lol.
Went out yesterday for my first time chasing steelhead with Alley Cat guide service, saw a lot of fish and had alot of short bites, but I did finally hook up. Big chrome fella instantly started acrobatics and ended up shaking the hook, but what a blast! Great guide and an amazing day, I do believe I now have the steelhead fever!
Went 3/3 today on the Rocky. Fished by myself from 11:30-2:30ish. Water is so slow and clear. 2 fish caught on stone fly jigs and one on black red crappie jig.
‘Few things I think helped me were using clear floats, 24’’ leaders of flouro and giving few jigs and pops to the baits.
big buck was 24’’ but thick and fought like a champ.
Good for you! Great job!
Bottomline on steelhead is there’s really not much mystery involved. Some days, you can “catch” on just about anything. There’s other days of course! This year, I’ve(personally) had more “other days” than good ones. Right now(just before they all go to bedding), you might have a banner day-which is what you seem to have had. Congrats on you first fish and more!!
(Warning-Now you’re “hooked”, but don’t be too concerned if you happen to not have that good of a day next trip!
Fishing wise it was an amazing day. Tried eggs, tried skein to no avail. Saw some minnows in the creek, threw on a tube jig and a bobber and it was like someone flipped a switch! I know all days won't be like yesterday, my first time out I fished 10 hours for 1 hook up, but I am grateful for the bite yesterday!
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